Almost no one uses Android Marshmallow … Yet – CNET in Spanish

Android Marshmallow is slowly coming to more devices.

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Marshmallow, the latest flavor of Android, Google’s operating system has only reached a minimum number of devices. However, it seems that is to increase their rate of penetration.

launched last October, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, has only been installed on 1.2 percent of Android devices, according to the latest statistics shared by Google. Although it is still very small percentage, is a significant increase compared to 0.7 percent one month

ago. Google monitors the market share of each version of Android after reviewing all devices visiting the Google Play store during seven days.

the low rate of adoption it is the result of tedious and sometimes frustrating process of updating the operating system. The handset manufacturers and wireless carriers must test each new version of the Google operating system on each device before you plan and execute an upgrade. That means Android users sometimes have to wait months for the latest version.

Only a handful of manufacturers has released update Marshmallow so far. It comes pre-installed on the Nexus and Nexus 5X 6P – which are Google, although manufactured by LG and Huawei, respectively – and was released for other Nexus devices in October. LG also offered in some of their phones G4. Other manufacturers, such as Samsung, have announced plans to begin the update soon, which should help increase the adoption rate.

A few days ago, Samsung announced that the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will receive Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, starting in South Korea, according to the blog SamMobile.

of the other flavors of Android, Lollipop had the highest number of new users last month to reach 34.1 percent all devices with the operating system. The predecessor of Lollipop, KitKat, fell slightly, to 35.5 percent, but still that is installed on more devices.

The Jelly Bean share fell to 23.9 percent (from 24.7 the previous month ). Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich also lost users, but are still present, with 2.5 percent and 2.7 percent respectively. Even Froyo remained on the list, with 0.1 percent. Older Android phones often can not be upgraded to versions of more good operating system, which explains that even as old flavors have a certain presence in the list.